3. Contents
• Introduction
• Al-toxicity symptoms in plants
• Site of al accumulation
• Injury mechanisms
• Genetics of Al Toxicity Resistance
• Sources Mineral Toxicity Resistance
• Creation of mineral toxicity environment
• Selection criteria Al resistance
• Characters associated Al toxicity resistance
• Al toxicity resistance varieties
• conclusion
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4. Introduction
• Micro element but not essential element
• Al toxicity-soil low pH<5.0
• Free Al ions soluble in low pH
• in Acidity soil-Fe,Mn,Al toxicity found
• Mn toxicity and deficiency of P,Ca,Mg also
interplay in manifestion of Al toxicity
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6. Al-TOXICITY SYMPTOMS IN PLANTS
• Poor or stunted growth
• Leaf tip death and marginal chlorosis
• Deficiency symptoms of Fe,Ca
• Effect on leaf area ,chlorophyll content and
Hill activity
• Stunted and deformed roots- it become
stibbier and thicker ,low specific surface
• Lateral root thickened and turn brown
• Callose formation
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10. SITE OF Al ACCUMALATION
• Primary accumalation in Root maristem
• At cellular level in cell wall and nucleus
• Specific site is cellular membrane of younger and
outer root cells
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11. INJURY MECHANISMS
Reduced root growth-
• Main effect…
• Inhibits cell division in root meristem and cell
elongatin…
• Decrease extensibilityby cross linking protien
in middle lamella…
• Increase viscocity of protoplasm..
• Inhibition of DNA synthesis…
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12. • Effect of Al-toxicity on nutrient uptake-
Ca,Mg,P,Fe and NO¯³ deficiency
• Al toxicity affects pollen germination
• Chromosomal abnormality and reducesed
DNA synthesis
• Effect of Al toxicity on cell and cellular
components- damaged cytoplasm,disruption
of golgi bodies , extesive vacuoleation,cell
distortion,cytoplam density
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13. Genetics of Al Toxicity Resistance
• Generally polygenic trait
• Monogenic in Barley,Maize
• MAIZE - Lte2
• BARLEY- Alp
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14. GENETICS OF Al TOXICITY RESISTANCE
CROP GENETIC CONTROL HERITABI
LITY
REMARKS
BARLEY Alp -- --
WHEAT 5AL,6A,2DL,4DL,4BL,5D,7D -- --
RYE 3R, 4R,6R
-- supressed when
intercross with wheat
MAIZE Single gene with multiple alleles:pleotropic
effect of Lte2
-- Lte2 specifies heat
SORGHUM polygenic high Selection would be
effective
ALFALFA polygenic -- --
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15. Sources Mineral Toxicity Resistance
• Old varieties adopted to acid soil and mineral
toxicity
• Cultivated varieties bred and cultivated in acid
soil region
eg- Brazalian wheats
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16. Creation of mineral toxicity
environment
• Field having mineral toxicity
• Pots filled with problem soil
• In nutrient solution –based on hydrophonics
or sand culture
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20. Selection criteria Al resistance
• Shoot dry matter - in pot and nutrient culture
• Root length-
• Root wieght- In hydrophonics
• Root deformation
• Root discolouration
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21. • Al exclusion from roots-
Eg- In wheat, stained with haematoxylin,donot
take up stain are resistance
• In field expt- yield is used to measure the
resistance , evaluate in normal and stress
condition,it suited for parents and F1
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22. Characters associate with Al toxicity
resistance
• Plant raise pH of their rhizosphere
• Al excluded from entering root from mucilage
• Al compartmentalized in roots –chelation of
organic acid in root
• Al accumalation in older leaves eg-tea
• Al resistance involve nutritional aspect-NH⁺4,
NO⁻3,Ca deficiency,P deficiency
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23. Problems in Al toxicity resistance
breeding
• Toxicity profile varies with location
• Specific Al resistance may not serve the
purpose
• Al toxicity interact with other mineral Ca,Mg,P
so care should be taken during selection
• Hydrophonics is expensive and skill required
• Double work load- stress and non stresse
condition evaluation
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